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Lädt ... Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800von Leland Ferguson
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Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation for the multicultural adjustments that became colonial America.Through pre-Revolutionary period artifacts gathered from plantations and urban slave communities, Ferguson integrates folklore, history, and research to reveal how these enslaved people actually lived. Impeccably researched and beautifully written. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There are illustrations and endnotes referencing John Michael Vlach (The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1978) and Charles J. Montgomery (Survivors of the Cargo of the Slave Yacht Wanderer, American Anthropologist 10:611-623 1908).
This peaks my interest because I have Ancestors who lived in Edgefield County, SC. My great grandmother Louisa 'Calou' HANCOCK, nee Louisa CURRY or SCOTT, was said to be very dark skinned and from Africa. It was also said that she lived in a small house/hut on the edge of George Hancock's property (who she had eight mulatto kids by).
Could this line of research lead me to more information about Calou? Perhaps. What if I'm a descendent from one of the Africans on the Wanderer? That's exciting. Of course, this is pure speculation but you never know. I'm at that brick wall with Calou anyways; and what better way to get through it than by exploring the above mentioned publications.
The point I'm trying to make here, to us lay family historians, is that we should pick up and read books, magazines and journals in diverse fields like anthropology, archaeology, art and others to help us in our genealogical pursuits. We should also consider foreign publications. You never know where that elusive piece of information is going to come from.
Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"
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